The Story of The Unknown Adventurers

The truth about Lockwood Village

After Calogero, Vishnu, and Ivronall found the key and took the valuables from the thugs, they took the leader and brought him to a random building. They put him on a chair and waited for him to wake up. After waiting for 30 minutes, the leader wakes up. Calogero speaks up first, "Hello. As you can see, we have taken you hostage. If you try to escape, these two will kill you without hesitation." The leader looks up at them and says, "What do you want, huh? Y-You want money, drugs, or power? I can help you with that. Just let me go and speak to my friends, and I could make it happen!" Calogero looks at him and pulls out the key they found on him. "Where does this key go to?"The leader is shocked and says, "Come on, man. I can't tell you that. If I tell you, he will kill me. Come on." Calogero notices that the man is becoming nervous.

Calogero asked another question, "Why are you so nervous? Who is this so-called 'he' you keep talking about?" The leader starts getting more nervous. "I can't tell you that. If they found out I told you, they would kill me!" The leader starts looking around to see if he can escape, but Calogero interrupts him, saying, "Don't start looking around like there is a chance to escape. Answer me right now! Where does this key go!" Calogero is now in the leader's face. The leader, now scared, responds, "I-I can't tell you that! I already told you, he will kill me if they find out I told anyone!" Calogero starts getting annoyed. "Fine, if you can't tell me that, at least tell me this. Why don't the guards protect this area? I mean, look around here. All the buildings are run down and there are many homeless people. Meanwhile, on the outer sides of the village, there are guards, jobs, and restaurants. But here, there are no guards or anything that looks new for years."".

The leader refuses to answer, looking everywhere but at Calogero. "Hey Vishnu, bash his head in. He is wasting our time." The leader looks scared but still does not talk. Vishu grabs his staff and gets ready to swing at his head, but the leader finally gives in. "Okay, okay, I will tell you. Just please don't kill me!" Vishnu puts his staff back down, and Calogero starts listening. "Okay, so let me start from the beginning. A couple of years ago, this random guy named Abbadon came and startedsaying that he was sent from a god of death and that he would rule over the Apidca kingdom and then rule the world. But nobody believed him!" Calogero asked him a question, "How many kingdoms has he controlled so far?"The leader looks shocked. "Have you not heard? He has taken every kingdom in the King's rule section!" Calogero appears confused. Calogero asked another question, "What do you mean by 'kings rule section'?"The leader looks even more shocked than he was before. "Man, you guys don't know anything! Basically, there are two sections: the King's rule section, where the king and queen rule, which is the section we're in. And then there is the No Rules section, where the government tried to take over but lost due to the sheer amount of powerful people there are!"".

Calogero asks another question, "In which section is this guy called Abbadon right now?" The leader responds but looks nervous. "He is in the Canastora kingdom right now! That is the most powerful kingdom by far in the King's rule section!" Calogero looks at the leader again. "Now, where is this powerful god of death?"The leader looks uneasy about answering, but does so anyway, seemingly scared of the consequences. "Nobody knows for sure, but there is a rumor that Abbadon is in the No Rules section, attempting to seize control of that area!" Calogero appears pleased with the information he received but wants to know more. "Well, anyway, please continue with the story you were telling.". The leader agrees and continues, "Well, anyways, once he arrived, nobody believed him, of course, until he went on a rampage, killing guards, men, women, and even children. We were forced to bow down and let him rule over this tiny village because if we did not, we would be killed! So, about a year later, the middle of the town got destroyed by a massive earthquake. Before we tried fixing it, Abbadon said that if anyone was to fix the part of the village, them and their family would be punished. Well, of course, we were confused, but we just let it slide, not wanting to die. But then, the residents of the middle town started noticing carriages being passed through the middle town, so they started ransacking them. They found drugs, weapons, and human slaves.".

They all looked shocked. Vishnu speaks up, "What the hell! Why are they selling human slaves!" The leader starts to look more nervous,knowing that if he does not answer, he will die. "T-They sell them to nearby kingdoms for royalty to use. They are primarily used for gathering resources and as cleaners for the palace.""." Ivronall speaks up, "Well, why does no one try to stop it?" The leader looks at Ivronall and says, "Are you kidding?"The first time it got ransacked, there were no guards protecting it. Now, there are gunmen in the front, back, and on the sides. Additionally, there are snipers on the roof, all of whom are highly trained. They also possess some peculiar bullets that appear to be coated in a mysterious substance, but we haven't been able to determine what it is.The three of them look confused. Then Vishnu asks the leader a question, "What do you mean by 'coated in something'?"The leader looks terrified. "Get down! They are going to shoot both of us." They all looked confused, but then a gunshot went off. They dropped to the floor, and when they looked up, they saw the leader dead in the chair, his head completely blown off. They all looked shocked, but before they could say anything, more bullets came flying in. Calogero yelled at the other two, "Stay down, and if they come in, act dead!"After a couple more minutes, the bullets stopped, each one bearing woodchips and scratches.

Calogero whispers to them, "Stay down until we know they're gone." They agreed and waited a few more minutes. "Nothing happens, and after a while, Vishnu says, 'I think they are gone.'" They all stood up and found bullets scattered everywhere. Ivronall spoke up, "Hey guys, these bullets look strange." They paused to examine the bullets, and Ivronall continued, "They have an aura surrounding them." When Ivronall picked up one of the bullets, the aura glowed with a light blue color. Ivronall closely inspected the bullet and exclaimed, "I think this bullet is enchanted with water magic!" They were all shocked and decided to examine the other bullets. Each bullet is colored with a different hue, ranging from red, green, brown, and black. After completing their inspection, they leave the building. Calogero appears disheartened that he was unable to find where the key belongs. As they walked through town, they witnessed carriages being pulled from one building to another. They can hear muffled screams and the sound of metal scraping and banging against each other from inside. Calogero looks disgusted and declares, "We can't just let them get away with this.""We need to put a stop to it!" Ivronall agrees, but Vishnu does not. "We don't have time." We need to find a way to return to our world! This is not our world, so it is not our problem."" They continued to argue until Ivronall spoke up, "Hey, what if the way to return to our world is by defeating the main antagonist who controls everything?""They continue to argue until Ivronall speaks up, 'Hey, what if the way to get back to our world is to destroy the main antagonist who controls all of this?'"".

They all ponder it for a while and reach a consensus. They decide to defeat the main antagonist. They decide to come up with a plan, and then Ivronall speaks up, "Why don't I sneak up on a sniper with my dagger while the other snipers are distracted by watching the carriage." They decided to go with that plan. Ivronall ascends to the rooftop of a building, stealthily approaches a sniper from behind, and places his dagger against the sniper's neck. He whispers, "Follow me, and no one will get hurt." Once they reach the ground floor, they go to a building to question him.